# The Back-handed Compliment Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-handed-compliment-thread/335053>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-handed-compliment-thread/335053 "2005-12-10T18:09:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-handed-compliment-thread/335053/61 "2005-12-12T05:28:20Z")

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Good comeback DeadCat, for roadkill you’re reasonably witty.

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**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-handed-compliment-thread/335053/62 "2005-12-12T05:29:55Z")

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> [@Dead Cat](#):
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> Maybe because he doesn’t see the value of your posts. No, wait, most people seem to think that way.

Your user name is a bit of a misnomer; you don’t smell half as bad as a dead, pustulant, maggot-infested cat corpse.

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**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-handed-compliment-thread/335053/63 "2005-12-12T06:05:33Z")

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> [@soulmurk](#):
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> Your user name is a bit of a misnomer; you don’t smell half as bad as a dead, pustulant, maggot-infested cat corpse.

I have to salute you for being so innovative in this thread. Almost everyone else has used subtlty and wit, but you decided to buck that trend and instead you used name calling. It is not easy to go against a trend that way.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-handed-compliment-thread/335053/64 "2005-12-12T11:33:50Z")

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Okay, okay, I think we’ve insulted each other enough. Generally, we discourage threads devoted to insulting other posters, so this one is closed.

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